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Take a look at this week's top VPM News stories.
- Youngkin to veto $900M in budget items to hedge against risk of federal cuts
- Botched tax rebate process deepens concerns over Richmond’s finance department
- Public comment period open for Mountain Valley Pipeline’s Southgate extension
- Danville residents worry Medicaid cuts could lead to homelessness, death
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The Creative ReUse Center's volunteers altered dresses and suits for the LGBTQ+ prom. -
Recent data from the Richmond Fed also points to slowing sectors.
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The transfer comes at no cost to the school division.
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The county is overhauling its 1970s-era zoning rules.
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The un-revoked terminations impact at least 40 Virginia students, graduates.
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Councilors remained split on raises for some of the city’s top earners.
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Trump's comments on social media marked the latest volley in a battle between the administration and the wealthiest college in the world.
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The Trump administration has decimated an agency responsible for carrying out much of the research and prevention efforts to curb exposure to dangerous substances and situations in the workplace.
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The White House is proposing average cuts of 35% to agencies — except for the Pentagon and Homeland Security. Actual spending cuts though are up to Congress.
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U.S. employers added 177,000 jobs in April — a modest slowdown from the previous month, while the unemployment rate held steady at 4.2%.
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Medicaid cuts loom over House Republicans' budget reconciliation. Rep. Jeff Hurd, R-Colo. says the "right reforms," like work requirements and stopping "improper" spending, could save money.
Arts & Culture
- New Burying Ground honors enslaved labor at University of Richmond
- Museums, libraries and cultural groups grapple with federal humanities cuts
- ‘Idleness and boredom’: Virginia juvenile justice system strained by staffing shortages
- Shockoe Institute breaks ground for new center in Richmond
